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ttagedy along the tracks. tracks.(ms. ward/neighbor) " it was really loud, screeching.. and i kkew something was wrong." wrong."new information from investigators and the messages from the young victims...sent just before the derailment. derailment.scam suspects under . arrest."good riddens we got that rift raft off the street" street"howwpolice say they tracked down people preying on the elderly. elderly. 3 3 and a dangerous 3ddre. dare.nat sound from video on youtube oo someone saying ouch ouchhow a chilling ggme cann leave permanent scars on young thrill seekers.
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hello i'm jennifer gilbert. i'm jeff barnd. the... pictures... behind us... show... tte scale of the wreck.../21... cars... from... a... c--ss-x... train.../ jump the tracks..../ 2 ... teenagers investigators... - are... trying to gather... enough evidence... to... figure out ... what happened. happened. we irst brought the story on the fox45 morning news and we've bringing you the updates all day long on p-v and on the web... web... keith daniels is streaming live toniiht in ellicoot city with new information.. keith. keith. jennifer..... tonight, c-s-x crews are carefully up-righttng wrecked cars.. and removing spilled coal. meantime, we've learned the train's emergency brake is at the center of the probe tonight. investigatoos have talked to the crew.. and they say the information they've given is critical.....to learning what caused this crash. crash. a team of national
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transportation safety board investigators is sifting through the wweckage.. including nearly two dozen off the csx trains's 80 cars that flipped over........an investigation, they say, that will be a long prrcess. (southworth/ntsb) "it's looking aa the locomotives themselves.. it's looking at the track, it's looking at any relationship up there, the operations of the trrins, the signal systems, the the derailment killed two - 19-year-old college students. it happened at about midnight tuesday. the railroad crosses over main street in ellicott city. investigators nnw believe the students were sitting on the railroad bridge with their backs to the ssde of the train as it assed a few feet behind them. then for some reason, the &ptrain jumped the tracks, causing open cars filled with coal to tip over. police found the girls buried under a hill of coal.. dead. aatragedy that rocked the town. (ms. ward/neighbor) "i heard the train coming just like any other time and it was really loud, screeching.. and i knew something was wrong."
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initially, investigators wanted to know if the engineer slammed on his brakes to avoid hitting the young women.. perhaps triggering the crash. but investigators say the crew members on board, including an engineer trainee, say they did not hear or see anything before the derailment. they say the emergency brake applied automatically. (southworth/ntsb) "when there's a break in the brake pipe, either from the derailment forces or whatever it may be, that will cause the trains to go to an emergency braking...." investigators say the train is equipped with a video event recorder... they say it's one of the any pieces of evidence that the ntsb will examine. live in ellicoot city, keith daniels, fox 45 news at ten. verizon says the train derailment is caused major problems with its land- line services... including some off its government clients. it may have had an impact all the way to the u-s navy base at
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guantanamo bay cuba.phone problems there actually is forced the delay of a hearing for five men charged in the 9-11 attacks. both young women killee in the derailment were graduates of mount hebron high school in ellicott ity and were attending colleggs out-of- state. kathleen cairns reports tonight, what the young women were doing in the moments before the crash... are now an important part of the investigation. p3 on main street, (people talking)"they were all coal cars"everyyne is taking photos of the crash scene... and the victims: were taking snapshots s well.... moments before the derailment. voice only: (diane connolley)"how quuckly things change in life." this is the last picture the 19-
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year-old college students posted on twitter... before they were killed in the train derailment. the caption posted: 'levitating.' the victims are elizabeth nass, a sttdent at james madison university in virgina.. and rose mayr, a student at the university of ddllware. 'drinking on top of ellicott city sign with rose petals' and... 'looking down on old ellicott city'now spectators on main street... are watching the clean up and speculating. (michelle suazo-mother of three)"trying to get that good shot was more important then thinking about what they were doing" other teens admit: the tracks are a hangout. (marlo geistt19 year old student in ellicott city)"i would assume if they heard the train coming which you can definitely hear from a ways away that they would have
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3 10 kc fox 44 news at this thing up"take a long time to clean (spectator)"its gonna thing up"kc fox 45 news at 10 - kc fox 45 news at 10 p both of the victims were getttng ready to return to college... now their families are preparing for their funeeals. so far, no details have been released about those services. here is a recap of what we know tonight... tonight...a c-s-x train derriled in ellicott city just after midnight... killing two young women... who were on the ttacks. tracks.21 cars came off the tracks... some of them landing in a parking lot below a
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bridge... crushing cars. find out about news like this where-ever you are.fox45's "news on the go" delivers news straight to your cell phone. download the fox-45 "news on the go" app from the "android marketplace" or the "i-tunes app store".or text w-b-f-f to 45-203 to get text alerts. breaking news... county.../where... state police... issue... an... "amber alert"... alert"...for... 1... yearrold... cesar... teven martinez.../. he's... 18 pounds... with... brown hair... and... broww eyes..../ eyes..../police... say... he was abducted... by... julio... cesar... arriaza.../seen... here... with the boy..../ he's... 5 foot 4... 150 pounds .../ also... with... brown hair and eye/ eyes.../he... was driving... a green... 2006... chevy s-u-v./..last ... seen... near... district heights... , maryland..../with... maryland tag... 7-a-g---69-50...///...anyone... with information... is... asked to call... 911 immediately
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police... make an arrest.../ ...after... a... monday chase... that led.. to this crash.../ ...which... killed... a police officer... in... p--g... county 23-year old... adrian morris... was killed... about ... 1--pm...// on... i--95... near beltsville.../.you... police cruiser... in a ditch ...on the side of the road....//the ... &p officer... was... trying... to... pull over a car... they... believed... was involved in a theft...///. police... found... the car in d-c today... they.... arrested... the person inside...//.no... word... on any charges a man is charged in a triple shooting in southwest baltimore....which police believe led to a double murder in retaliation. tyrell hill was arrested just after the first shooting where two brothers were reet, - killed.... and a 19-year-old woman was injured.police chased him down after he darted in front of their car. they say he was carrying one of the victim's cell phones and 9 grams of heroin. the next night.... a man and woman...were shot and killed...outside this house....on hamilton avenue. the victims were the mother and brother of one of the suspects in the triple
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shooting. charges... dropped ...against a protester... who's arrest... raised concerns... of... police brutal. brutality. --arrest nats--- nats--- cell phone video... shows... thomas threat... on the ground... as... police... elbow and knee him,.../ then... spray him... in the face with mace..../it... happened... in march... near johns hopkins hospital./.. , where... a.. community grouu... was calling for construction jobs....// police... say... threat... was... blocking cars... and... refusing to get... on... the sidewalk...///. he... was charged ...with resisting arrest... and... disorderly conduct..../ but... says ... ey... prosscutors dropped the case... after... seeing the video.../. threat's... now ...planning to sue ..the officers involved. anger tonight over a police involved shooting. shooting. on saturday an officer shot and killed rudy bell... a vietnam veteran who suffered from schizophrenia. tonight members of the "baltimore peoples assembly" were among those who gathered outside the vacant house on west lexington street where bell was shot.they say the police department is out of control.
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"c'mon when are the people who patrol ....going to time... its time.... its - time.police say n officer was forced to open fire when bell tried to attack another officer with a knife or glass bottle. we... learned tonight... that../2...maryland servicemen... have... dded... in... less than... a week....//the... pentagon says... 24 year old... sgt... david williams... died on saturday... in... kandahar, afghanistan.../.his... death ...is... still being investigated.../.he... was assigned... to the... 2--nd ...infantry division.... out... of... washington state. this... comes... right after... we learned... about ...the death of... patrick feeks.../.a... navy seal... from... anne arundel county.../ feeks... was... aboard a helicopter.../ when. .. it... was... shot down ...by... taliban forces.../.in afghanistan...// feeks ... was deployed ... last december..../ he'd... been... on... a pair of deployments ...to iraq... already...//.the... 28- year- old... wws a graduate ...of... south rivee... high... in mayo...//. survived by... his parents,...
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sister ... and... wife, emily. 3 tonight... a new move in the waste watch battle... over the phone system at city hallcity comptroller joan pratt filed a "freedom of information act" request with the mayor's office. the request asks for details about the mayorrs top aides and their involvement in the purchase of a controversial phone system. pratt has accused the mayor of skirting the city's competitive bidding process to buy a phone system.... at the same time her office waa evaluating competitive bids. the investigating. it's our duty to hold elected officials accountable.you can do that by joining our fox45 waste watcc.if you have a story about government waste... call our hotline... 410-662-1456.you can also go to our website.... fox baltimore dot com and click on waste watch. baltimore police say they've arrested a group of people responsible for tying up, attacking and robbing elderly
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janice park is live in downtown baltimore at police headquarters, to tell us more about the arrests. janice? janice?jennifer,police made the announcement here today, that they have arrested five people in this elderly scam. tonight you'll hear from one of the victims...who's 94...who says she's relieved. "i'm happy that they got em" em""good riddens we got that street"the elderly in locust point can breath easier tonight...after police say they arrested five people in an áextensive elderly scam. accused of taking advantage of some of baltimore's most vulnerable citizens. citizens."one incident tied up, slapped them, one incident, they put a towel over head could have lead to su" suffocation""that's good, they said we're gonna catch those guys, we're gonna catch those guys"94 year old mary hudson is still bruised and battered...police say she was
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one oo at least elderly victims targeted....the sceme &pwould start with a woman callinn victims, claiming to be with the city's property tax office.they would threaten to evict...then send a fake sheriff's deputy to the elderly person's home. home."just started hitting me, it scared me and that's when i started screaming" screaming""help murder police" police""police say on average the suspects would get away with several thousand dollars from each elderly victim" victim""i'm glad your arrested i hope you go to jjil for life, for bothering other people who work hard for their money, all you have to do is go get a job!"with today's five arrests...mary hudson... hudson...can get back to er li. life...her life... life..."that's it, i'll have some peace of mind now that he's caught" tonight police tell us they believe there are other elderly victims out there...and are urging them to come forward tonight.live in downtown baltimore janice park fox45 news at ten.
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3 nat sounn from video on youtube of someone saying ouch oucha dangerous dare...how a reckless game can cause serious injuries. a maryland court makes changes to its controversial ruling on pit bulls.why animal advocates say those changes aren't enough. ♪
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book all of our destinations online police... investigate... claims.../ a... teenage girl... and her baby... were punched... by... a... male employee... at... a... homeless shelter... in baltimore..../ melinda... roeder explains... what's being done about it.../ and... why women ...at the shelter ... say ... they're still scared. scared. it all happened sunday evening
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- at the sarah's hope homeless shelter for women in the west baltimore.a 19-year-old resident for into a verbal argument with her mother in the hallway.but when a shelter employee came to break it up... things turned violent. 13:23 "at that time, the staff member ... get the f out of the hallway. get out of the hallway."shantel davis says she aw it all unfold. and when the teenage girl... tried walking back into her dorm room...03:58-04:14 "he was so close behind me he stepped on my heel... he struck me." even worse - lashanda dorman says she was holding her 13- month old daughter on her hip... who was also struck in the head.... unintentionally....10:34 "i know he wasn't trying to hit my daughter, but still, she got hit." hit."
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3 lashanda later wenttto the e-r.... with a severe headache....12:10 "they said my daughter's fine... but i was diagnosed with a contusion."standup -- goes here "lashanda says not only was she assualted, but they forced her to leave the shelter. with nowhere else to go, she and her little girl had to spend the night in a friend's car."09:433"my daughter slept in the backseat and i slept in the front seat, just put the seat back."a spokeswoman for the shelter confirms the staff members has been placed on administrative leave... but issued a statement - adding that quote - ."we arr in the process of thoroughly investigating the altercation... between the mother and her adult daughter." they also claim staff is trained to "...intervene in a manner that defuses conflicts..."lashanda and her baby girl were allowee back in the shelter the next day... but she -and other residents - say they don't feel ssfe here. here.11:37 "i just don't feel comfortable or safe in there, butti don't have anywhere else to go."melinda roeder - fox 45 news at ten. some residents.. claim... they... were told... they'd... be... evicted... from... the shelter.../ if... they... spoke to the media....// a... court hearing ... has... been set.. for thursday. missouri congressman todd akin is still vowing not to quit his campaign for the u-s senate after his controversial comments about rape and pregnan. pregnancy.akin said that women are able o prevent
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pregnancies in cases of what he called "legitimate rape"... as part of his argument against abortion rights for rape victims.despite akin's vows to stay in the race... the g-o-p senate campaign committee says it's withdrawn 5 million dollars it planned on using for the missouri senate race.and tonight senate minority leader mitch mcconnel says akin'ssapology is not good enough and he must step aside. we have a lot more stories about the race for the white &phouse on our website... ...including one...that explains why florida... may decide this election......just like it did 12 years ago.read that by going to fox-baltimore dot com... and click on vote 2012 in the hot topics section a... special... task force... begins... examining... whether people... with... mental illness... can... legally john rydell ... reports.../ this... commission... was created... álongá... before... this summer's... mass shootings.... shootings.... the man charged with that
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deadly shoooing spree at a movie theater in colorado...is now the focus of intense scrutiny.records reveal that before that attack...james holmes... was a psychiatrict patient.it's raised questions as to whether he should have buying... all those weapons. "to consider whether existing law adequately protects the public as well as the civil rights of individuals."it's a senario now being examined by a task force here in maryland. under current law...no one can purchase a firearm if he or she has a history of violent behavior...or has been confined for more than 30- days...at a mental health facility. but state police admit...it's difficult o investigate such applicants....especialll those treated at private institutions. (shipley) "it's an issue that's been one of concern for law enforcement and public safety for health officials as well."but those treated for mental illness can still purchase a firearm...if a doctor certifies that
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they've successfuly completed treatment. (durst) "we are not in favor of excluding mental illness all together as a disqualifier for being able to own or carry weapons, but we want to make sure that the definition of mental illness doesn't exclude people who are not a danger to themselves or other people."(rydell) "the submit its final report to governor o'malley later thhs year as to whether maryland law needs to be strennthened when it comes to approvvng applications for those trying to buy firearms." action that members hope will prevent a similar tragedy...from occurring in maryland. john rydell, fox 45 news attten. the... task force... includes ...law enforcement...'/ p.public defenders.../ and... members... of... gun-rights roups. p we asked: should... state police... have greater access... to... the... mental health records... of... prospective gun buyers? buyers? a... lot... of responses... to this question.../ it's about 50% yes... 50--% no..// go...facbook dot- com-slash-fox baltimore to join the discussion. animal rights groups are reacting to a revised rulingon
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pit bulls...from maryland's highest court. court.the court of appeals has reaffirmed iis earlier decision...that pit bulls are inherently dangerous.but it's exempted "mixed-breeds" f pit bulls.maryland's s.p.c.a...says that ruling is still bad for both humans and pets..ritics say people shouldn't have to choose between their home...or their family pets. beautiful day today today will it continue? continue? here's chief meteorologist vytas reid. reid. &p3 3 a look inside a 3
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3 a look inside a shopping centeras a gunman opens fire why the case is closed, even though he was never caught. challenge>but next...the household items.......hat combine to make a dangerous dare...leaving permanent scars on teenagersin our cover story... after the break table salt... ñ
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the car on the left was filled up with
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low detergent gasoline. while the car on the right was filled up with bp gasoline with invigorate. which helps clean and protect its engine so it can get a few more miles per tank than the car on the left.
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vk ttble salt... and... ice cubes... have become... the latest tools... for... many... thrill-seeking... teens...// teens...//it's known at the salt and ice challenge. crime and justice reporter joy lepola explores the dangers of this latest dare.... and the in tonight's cover story... story...a chilling game. game. ((pkg)) nat sound from video on youtube of someone saying ouch it'' a dare that has kids sprinkle an area of their skin with salt, press an ice
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cube ontop and see how long they can withstand the pain. 10:32:07 it's very disturbing doctor peter beilenson says this new trend called the salt and ice challenge is turning a chemical reaction into a potentially dangerous situatiin for countless people. 10:34:07 (cover beginning shot is pulling out)... i think parents of young kids young teenagers should be aware that this behavior may make it to their middle school or elementary school and so if they find or hear ttat kids are making theseedares to let the kids know that this is very serious issue and can cause permanent bodily harm on line... this chilling game has gone viral on websites like youtube where challenge takers ccn upload their feat and compare their endurance to others. nat sound of another youtube video(stand-up) so we wanted to find out just how drastic of drop you would see 15:21:05 we wanted to see exactly how drastic of a drop occurred in the temperature once you added salt to the ice 15:21:26 salt pours15:21:50
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the temperature of the bowl of ice without the salt registers at 30 degrees15:22:19 cut to temperature appearing 15:26:05 now lets take the temp of the bowl of ice with the salt . it comes in at five degrees below zero that'' mmre than a 35 degree drop and doctors say that could easily result in second degree burns 15:22:44 tight of neg 5(vaeth)15;13:51 look for these burns they are either very red in some cases blistered and they're usually not small doctor jack vaeth (vaath) is a psychiatrist who is all too familiar with the ice - salt challenge and those who do it. 15:17:04 there is &pthe psychiatric realm who do it because it relieves stress tension depression anxiety in py life and there is the attention seeking realm that is i'm doing it to be famous because i can endure more pain then other people but regardless of which category a young adult or tween may fall in... the danger it poses and the severity injury remain the
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same. a behavior teens themselves are being warned to watch for.10:34:41 if they see their friends doing this it is a reason to let a parent know about this... this is an attention seeking cry for help :49 in baltimore county joy lepola fox 45 news at ten. you can learn more about this by watching joy's entire interview with dr. vaeth... vaeth... go... to our website ... and... click-- on raw news. 3 and we're lucky he only fired one round. i mean really, it could've been a lot worse." 3 a gunman opens fire at a florida shopping center... why the case is closed, even though he was nnver caught. and a piece of metal piercing a man's skull....// how it luck that saved his eyesight. 3
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when i look up into my students' faces, i see pride. you know, i have done something worthwhile. when i earned my doctorate that pride, that was on my face. i am jocelyn taylor, i'm committed to making a difference
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in people's lives and i am a phoenix. enroll in the program that's right for you. at phoenix.edu/maryland firefighters... are... trying to
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save... thousands of homes... in... northern california. .../// .a... massive wildfire -- threatening... thousands of homes ... in... northern california...//. 2000... firefighttrs --
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are... battling the flames... to... protect .... 3--towns. ...// the... ponderosa fire... already destroying... at least ... 7---homes... since... it... broke out... saturday..../// daniel berlant: "this is one of the dozen or so lightning- sparked fires that we haa this weekend. this one thought was able to quickly grow to over 15 thousand acres." acres." another ... massive wildfire... in... northern california... has... been burning... since... july 29th...///. this is the kind of story that just makes you cringe. cringe.take a look at this xray.that is a twisted steel rod.... that went thru a man's head.doctor's in china worked for eight hours to remove it. the man crashed his motorcycle into a construction zone, lodging he barrthrough his right eye socket. it took firefighters four hours to cut down the twisted steel before the man was rushed to the hospital.luckily, the man did not ose his eye, and is expected to recover. three...
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delaware... care employees ...face serious charges ...for encouarging ...toddlers to fight...//.dover police ... say... cell phone video from march... which... has not been released... allegedly shows... the female workers ...encouraging... two... 3-year-olds to fight....// the... incident was reportedly discovered... during an unrelated investigation..///. police... say... in the video,.../ a... daycare worker ...can be heard... telling... a crying child, .. "no pinching. ...only punching." .../ 21-36 "the kids was crying. obviously did not want to partake in this and was basically urged to continue on so again as i said it's sickening to see it. it's unfo" unfortunate."the daycare's suspended. a... mother ...files... an. ..80- million dollar pn... he death... of her... six- year- old son...//.paul gessler... tells... us ...why... she thinks... baltimore's... school system... is... partly ressonsi. &presponsible.
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the child died after he fell out of a moving school bus nearly two years ago.jeremy jennings was a special needs student who police say ran out of the moving bus because of a . fight.witnesses saw him fall out of the bus going about 20 miles per hour on pot spring road in timonium.here's another driver's ccll to 9-1-1 moments later. later.jeremy's mother says he tried to jump out of the bus a week before the fatal fall.she spoke with us immediately after the incident. incident.the lawsuit alleges jeremy the lawsuit the lawsuit alleges jeremy was not in his safety vest on the school bus, required speeifically for him. him.the bus driver and two aides on the bus were suspended following the incident.they are also named in tte lawsuit, along with education school in baltimore county where jeremy attended. paul gessler, fox45 news at ten. police in florida have just
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released dramatic surveillance video of a shooting at an upscale shopping center-- allost a year- and- a-half after the crime. at first, things appear normal at an outdoor restaurant in bal harbour. but then -- chaos. parents grabbing children... couples ducking for cover... and men shielding women on the flooo.police ssy it started as a confrontation between two men in the parking lot.the man wearing a dark shirt, then pulls out a gun and opens fire... hitting one man in the knee. "bullet didn't stop there. it ricocheted, and hit an elderly person in theefoot. and we're lucky he only fired one round. i mean really, it could've been a lot worse." 3 in the 17 months after the crime, the suspect died in a car crash. his gun was recovered from an unrelated crime. 3 3 3 3 3
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3 keeping your baby healthy may make them fat later in life. the common infant medicine that's tied to adult obesity. and back to school on a budget... how your smartphone can save you money on college textbooks. i'm candace dold with your traffic edge report. expect to find lane closures if you plan to travel on 95 in harford county tomorrowcrews will shut down one southbound lane of the corridor at riverside parkway.they will be painting and cleaning in the area between 9am and 3pm. crews will also be working on the northbound side of 95 at route 22 in aberdeen.one lane will be blocked from 9am until 3 oclock in the afternoon.you could use route 40 to avoid the activity. i will have up to the minute
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traffic conditions for you tomorrow on fox45 morning news starting at 5am.candace dold fox45 news at ten.
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infants who get antibiotics before they are six months old.. may have a higher risk of being overweight later in life. researchers looked at data on more than 11-thousand british children. kids given antibiotics between birtt and five months weighed more for their height than children who didn't have the drugs. 3 its back to school tiie..... and college students are turning to their smart phones for help. in... tonight's... ord on the web,... carrie peirce... has... the tools... to... keep... campus life... organized. organized. 3 3 from decorating dorm rooms... to buying textbooks.... a number of apps can heep ease you into another school year. year. for students taking a full coarse load... the "in class" app lets you take notes, share and set alarms for important deadlinessave money with the "bookbyte" app... buy, rent and sell used textbooks on the go, and scan books to ffnd out how much they're worth. the amazon student app lets you do many of the same things, and get amazon gift cards for books you trade in. with "coursesmart's" apps... you
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can view thousands of e-textbooks on your mobile device... and add notes as you read. and to give a dorm room the comforts of back home, the "design your dorm" web app has floor plans for dorms at dozens of colleges and universities. before you even get to campus, drag and drop items from an online store and fit them in those floor plans. compare shopping lists with roommmtes oo divide purchases, and ship items directly to the dorm. 3 and lucky for those living on a college student's budget... those apps are all available for free. i'm carrie peirce and thats your word on the web. with less than two weeks to the grand prix.... preparations are at full throttle. some... of... the drivers... stopped by... the... inner harbor today... giving us ...a glimpse ... at... whats its like... to race... thru... baltimore ... at... speeds... up to... 220 miles per hour.../ driver ... bryan sellers... took the wheel .... of... a... porsche... to show... how it's done...///.aside ... from learning the course... the drivers ...are practicing... a... crucial part of the race.../ switching drivers.
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"iq: speeds the biggest phing.... oq: is important, important to us." us." 3 the... grand prix... is... labor day weekend.../ and... right now ... you,... can buy ...deeply discounted tickets... that range... from 9 to 90 dollars. 3 dinosaurs discovered at a space center? the amazing find that proves massive reptiles ruled maryland. is the schticky a best buy or a bust. we'll push it to the limit in our consumer report next. bth - government profit-motives amtrak has lost more than $830 3 million on food and beverage service in the past 10 years. when it sells a $9.50
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cheeseburger and a two dollar soda it loses more than $8.00. the entire amtrak service has lost money in each of its 40 years in spite of $40 billion in taxpayer subsidies. it should at least break even. though not everything governmenn should turn a profit -- such as police and fire departments. but taxpayer subsidies, user fees, profit motives: it's all mixed up. palm beach, florida charges accident victims ambulance fees. the state of florida sells drivers' personal data on file at the dmv.chicago privatized the skyway toll road after losing money for 50 pears. its new operators expect to turn a profit.some governments are muscling their way into private business. baltimore's city-owned hotel -- the baltimore hilton -- has lost money every year since it opened.governments have sacrificed safety and made intersections and city streets profit centers by installing speed and stoplight cameras. chattanooga, tennessee was caught shortening the duration of its yellow lights in order to rack up more fines. it's all backwards. government is attempting to profit where ii has no business while shirking responsibility to serve the
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public. for more on this story visit behind the headlines dot net. and follow us twitter and facebook. i'm beginning to run out...the
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birds are still standing... it's been 14 years since they played meaninnful games this late in the season...and toniiht, in game two of a very big series with mighty texas, the orioles were looking to bounce back after a loss in game one... one... and the birds got started early...top 1st, texas pitcher
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scott feldman uncorks the wild pitch...that gets nate mc louth in from 3rd...1-0 orioles...bottom 3rd, and chris tillman is looking strong...but he makes a mistake here...ian kinsler hits that one a long weay...a solo shot...it's tied at 1.... the birds have a very big fifth inning,,young manny machado send this one to right-center,,,josh hamilton can't get to it..omar quintanilla score..machado with the rbi triple..birds l;ead 2-1.....later inthe inning...jj hardy rips the double..machado scores...birds led 3-1...still in the fifth...mc louth muscles &pup...a two run shot to the upper deck in right...his first f the year...orioles led it 5-3 in the 8th... 3 elsewhere in owings mills...offensive line issues...starting guard marshall yanda did nott practice today...he reportedly got his legs tangled up with a defensive lineman esterday and was held out...john
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harbaugh is calling it a tweak and says they're just giving him some rest...yanda had to have emergncy leg surgery christmas eve after being kicked in a game with the browns.. much more from the ravens...coming up at 11:30 as sports unlimited continues if... you're planning ...on... upgrading to the new iphone 5../ . now's... the time... to dump... your current phone. phone.the ... trade- in... value of older will drop ...in about two weeks... / so... if... you trade it in now.. you'll get more... for it..../ most... trade-in services... will guarantee... a... price ...for... up to a month... / so... you can wait ...until you have the new phone ...in hand ... before ...handing over ...your old one....//the... only catch.../ the... release date... of... mid- september ...is still a rumor...///.apple... hasn't set ...an... official date. we... spend... hundreds of billions of dollars a year... on... "infomercial".. productss products.two "as seen on tv" products are currently trying to sell you on reusable lint rollers.as patrice sanders
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tells us... consumer reports put them to the test. test. (sot: informational)"you're going to clean your ome in a quickie when you use your schticky."watch out, lintt rollers! you've got some competition. first, the 20-dollar schticky a& (sot::infomercial)"it's a reusable lint roller and moree" and the 10-dollar sticky buddy. (sot: infomercial)"a the power of glue without the goo."both these "as seen on tv products" claim to pick up almost any mess, including pet hair, debris, and even coins. consumer reports' pat slaven couldn't resist checking them out.first, pat "schtickied up" reporrs' headquarters.then she she compared both infomercial products to a regular old lint roller. turnn out they all work. "they pick up lint. they pick up cat hair. they pick up coins." but an advantage with a conventional lint roller - a quick rip gets you to a clean sheet. the reusable schticky and sticky buddy both need to be washed. (sot: infomercials)"a with a little water, the dirt comes right off.""then just rinse it, drr it, anddit's sticky
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all over again."well, that's not exactly the case. (sot: pat slaven)"you have to rub them. you should use soap. it takes a bit longer than the commercials show you." and consumer reports found you have to take off the end caps and drain them thoroughly - otherwise water gets trapped inside and can leak out later. (sot: infomercial)""nd ladies, you always wanted to 'shtick' it to your husband, now you can..." consumer reports says you might want to "shtick" with a lint roller for quicker cleanups, and for bigger jobs - go for a vacuum. ((pat)) consumer reports' testers have a great upright vacuum to recommend at a great price. it's the 180-dollar hoover windtunnel max model number u-h-30-600.it rates excellent in consumer reports tests. patrice sanderssfox45 news at ten. this is eally quite a rare find. nodasaur tracks are not often found. 3 a dinosaur footprint found right here in maryland... the surprising place it was found... that makes this discovery
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even more unusual. ...and coming up in just 5 minutes on the late edition... edition...nasal spray...why the military is turning to the cold remedy to help solve a very serious problem. 3 3 and the high cost of going back to school.the frightening price tag for the average ptudent this year.
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bacc to school... means back to child care.three things you need to ask before signing your child up... tomorrow on fox45 morning newss hundreds of billions of dollars a year on product scientisits are celebrating a
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major discovery in maryland... a dinosaur footprint found at a very interesting place in gre. greenbelt. before... man... was here to explore the universe.../ , a... plant-eating.... no-do-saur.... roamed... what is now... nasa's... goddard space flight center...//. dinosaur... tracker ...ray stanford ...has... the footprint... to... prove it.../. he... says... nodo--saurs... were among the most common dinosaurs in maryland. .../ eating... plants.../ and... big... as an elephant's...//. ssanford... found ...a few... of their fossils before, .../ but... never... in a location.. like this. i found it at goddard space flight center, and i love the paradox. here is space scientists, and they walk walkinggexactly where this big bungling, heavy, armored dinosaur walked, maybe a hundred and ten, a hundred and twelve million years ago. 3
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nasa believes ...the footprint is real,.../ but... they're bringing in... their own expert ...to confrim it..../ in ... the future, ... they plan ...to preserve ...the priit... and make it part of... their informational tour 3 3 welcome to the late edition, i'm jeff barnd. barnd. and i'm jennifer gilbert. two young women are dead.. victims after cars from a c-s-x train jump the tracks in ellicott city. city. tonight, ... federal investigators... focus... on... a... key piece of evidence.../ as... they try to determine... exactly what caused... this... derai. derailment. keith daniels... streaming live.... in ...ellicott city... with... developing information.. keith. keith. jennifer and jeff.. as the cleanup continues behind me.. emergency brake is at the center of the probe tonight. investigators have talked to the crew.. and they say the information they've given isscritical.....to learning what caused this crash. crash. the derailment

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